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2.
Why LawCrossing?
•LawCrossing has more than 50,000 legal
jobs, 25 times more than any other job
board.
•LawCrossing lists even hidden jobs that you
will not find elsewhere.
•LawCrossing collects jobs from more than
250,000 websites and post them on its site.
• LawCrossing does not charge employers to
post their jobs.
•LawCrossing is private, and therefore far
fewer people are applying for the jobs on its
site than are applying for those on public job
boards.
Legal industry is a burgeoning sector. Read on to better understand
the legal job market and the wide scope that your future holds.

3.
Lawyers per capita are on the rise
• The number of lawyers
in the United States has
increased steadily over
the past half century
and is currently
estimated at more than
1,143,358.
Source: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/legalotln/lawyers.htm
Source: ABA Market Research Department, 6/2007
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/us.html
Today1970
Lawyers Per Capita
1 Per 263
1 Per 700

7.
Attorney growth in the top 250 firms
from 1985 to 2007
Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1194602651764
The increase in the
number of attorneys
at the top 250 firms
indicates that firms
continue to boost
their ranks to meet
the demands created
by a strong business
economy.

10.
Salaries for new attorneys are at an all-
time high on the coasts
• In 2007, midsize L.A. firm Irell & Manella
and L.A. litigation firm Quinn Emanuel
Urquhart Oliver & Hedges boosted pay
to $160,000.
• Gibson Dunn became the first large firm
to follow suit in December, and several
major firms on the East Coast then fell
into line.
• In 2007, New York firms such as
Skadden, Arps; Sullivan & Cromwell;
Kirkland & Ellis and Weil, Gotschal &
Manges and others began starting new
associates at $160,000.
Sources: Associate salary war moves to mid-U.S., National Law Journal, Leigh Jones/Staff reporter, June 8, 2006
December, 2006, BCG Research Top Recruiter Survey, www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1069170401903

11.
Mid-America law firm starting
salaries are not far behind
The nation's middle regions are matching
the $160,000-plus salaries of beginning
attorneys.
Farella Braun & Martel, Perkins Coie,
increased compensation to $160,000 for
the first-year associates it will hire in 2008.
Source: www.nalpdirectory.com/dledir_search_results.asp?fscid=f055904&yr=2008&orgtypeid=F

15.
Legal industry revenue is growing
• Over the past ten years, the
average gross revenue of the
top 250 firms nationwide
increased by 56% to $265.5
million.
• During the same time period,
average annual profits per
partner at these firms rose by
34% to $755,000.
Source: http://www.judicialaccountability.org/baraccountability6.htm
56% increase
in 10 years!
$265.5 million

16.
Financial growth of one firm
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom declared that the firm
was the first to gross 2.2 billion
dollars a year.
• In 1978, the firm had 160
lawyers and grossed $30
million.
• In 2007, the 421 equity partners
of the firm earned a stunning
profit of an average of $2.28
million for the year.
Source: http://www.judicialaccountability.org/baraccountability6.htm, http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?
id=1209459934571, http://www.nylawyer.com/adgifs/decisions/043008chart.pdf
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Gross
1978
2004
2007
1978: $30
million
Today: $2.2
billion

19.
Top lawyers make even more
• Average employment
income: $689,800
• Average household
income: $846,000
• Total market value of
investments: $3.289
million
• Average household net
worth: $4.0 million
Sources: Survey, The American Lawyer, Survey American Bar Association
$0
$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
$700,000
$800,000
$900,000
Personal Household
Average U.S.
Adult
Average
Lawyer
Average Top
Lawyer
Income Income

20.
Legal market breakdown
The Cream Of The Crop
Top 200 Firms
• The top 200 firms have
revenues from $940,000 to
$1,610,000.
• The smallest firm in the top
200 by revenue law firms has
129 attorneys.
• There are approximately
69,000 attorneys in the top
100 firms.
Sources: http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?hubtype=Cover+Story&id=1148634338793
http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?hubtype=Cover+Story&id=1145803851957, American Lawyer